November 15, 2012: The weird and wonderful world of J-Pop!

It's nice to know that, no matter where you go in the world, the local music scene is peopled with weird/annoying/colorful characters.  Just a different kind of weird/annoying/colorful character than what you're used to in your neck of the woods.  Whenever I'm in Tokyo, I'm endlessly amused and, occasionally, mystified by the hot group/singer du…